Thursday, January 04, 2007

Police have crushed the biggest gambling syndicate of 2006 in Penang, which
raked in more than RM1 million in bets a month, and detained six people,
four of them women. The six were detained in a raid at the syndicate's base
located at a flat in Taman Seri Hijau in Jalan Perak here at about 6 pm on
Dec 30.
Penang Criminal Investigation Department Chief, SAC II Abdul Samah Mat, said
the six were aged between 25 and 40 years. He said the syndicate mastermind
was also held. He told a news conference the suspects were collecting the
betting papers from the facsimile machines when they were detained.
"Police believe the syndicate is one of the biggest that operated in Penang
and Kedah with a turnover of RM1 million a month," he said. Abdul Samah said
the police seized betting slips as well as computers, lap-tops and other
equipment worth about RM25,000 from the premises. The flat was renovated to
make it suitable for use as a gambling den and was equipped with a closed
circuit camera to monitor police movement, he added.